Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg ex Lindau) Benoist

Breteler, F. J. & Wieringa, J. J., 2018, A synopsis of Mendoncia (Acanthaceae) in continental Africa including the description of two new species from western Central Africa and a new subspecies from West Africa, Blumea 63 (2), pp. 109-119 : 116

6. Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg ex Lindau) Benoist — Map 6

Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg ex Lindau) Benoist (1944) 142; Heine (1966) 68, p.p., see note under M. floribunda . — Afromendoncia lindaviana Gilg ex Lindau (1893) 112. — Monachochlamys lindaviana (Gilg ex Lindau) S. Moore (1929) 226. — Type: Soyaux 156 (holo B†; lecto K, designated by Magnaghi & Daniel (2017); iso P), Gabon, Sibange Farm, Dec. 1880, see note under M. floribunda .

Distribution — Cameroon, ( Equatorial Guinea?), Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa).

Conservation status — The EOO of this species is 1 792 644 km 2, and the AOO based on herbarium vouchers using 2 km squares is 312 km 2. Some of the records are from protected areas, and this species occurs over a range of countries and different forest types which will have different logging pressures. This results in our assessment of at least 20 locations, and hence we consider it Least Concern ( LC) .

Note — We have not seen any specimens from Equatorial Guinea, but given its presence along the northern, eastern and southern borders just inside Cameroon and Gabon we find it very likely it occurs in mainland Equatorial Guinea as well.